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March 4, 1924; 1,486,082

C. B. FOWLER COMPUTING DEVI CE Filed Feb. l, 1923 BY Qt A TTOR/VEYS Patented Mar. 4, 1924.

AUNITED STATESA CLABNCEB. OWLER, 0l' NEW YORK, N. Y.

CODUTIN G DEVICE.

Appunti nea nbmry 1, im. semi no. 610,304.

To all whom z't may concern.'

Be it known that I, CLARENCE B. .Fownmg a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, boron h of Queens, in the county of Queens and tate of New York, have invented a new and Improved Computing Device, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in computing devices, and has particular reference to a device for determining the locality of a house number relative to streets intersecting the street on which said number is located.

In certain cities it is possible to determine the locality of a house number on a street by the relation of such number to the designations of two adjacent streets intersecting the first named street. More specifically, the hundreds or hundreds and thousands digits of a house number on one street designate the location of said number as being between an intersecting street, the number of which is the same as said hundreds or -hundreds and thousands digits, and the next succeeding intersecting street.

In other cities, such as New York for example, the houses on various streets and avenues are consecutively numbered from one end of a street to the other without relation to intersecting streets, thus makin it virtually impossible to determine the loca ity of any particular house number with res ct to streets which intersect the street on W ich said number is located. Furthermore, the fact that many arallel, or substantially arallel streets aus avenues are of different engt-hs and begin at different distances from any particular street extending transversely thereof prevents the Idetermination of the locality of a certain house number on one street -when the locality of the same number on a different street 1s known.

An object of the present invention is to provide improved means to facilitate the 1ocation of house numbers relative to streets intersecting the streets on which said numbers ap ar.

Anot er object is to provide a device of simple and inexpensive construction, which may be conveniently carried about the person and which may be utilized as an advertising medium, if desired.

The above and other ob'ects will appear more clearly from the fol owing deta1l description, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, which illustrate a. pereferred5 embodiment of the inventivei a. v

In the drawings- Figure 1 is a front elevation of a device constructed in accordance with thefinvention;

Figure 2 is a rear elevation thereof; and

Figure 3 is a transverse section on the line 3-3 of Figure 1. p l

The invention is shown as comprisi a body portion 5, preferably of rectangvnar. formation, which may be made of an desirable material, such as aluminum, rass, celluloid, or cardboard.- The bod portion is provided in one face thereof with a longitudinally extendin groove 6, in which is adjustabl mounte a slide"7 having a longitudinal slbt 8 therein terminating short of the ends thereof and through which extends a guide 9 which retains the slide in position and limits the movement thereof 1n said groove.

The body portion 5 has printed on one side of the groove 6 indicia 10 designating the names of various avenues, as for example, in the city of New York. The opposite edge of the groove is calibrated -and has printed thereon the figures 11 designating house numbers. The edge of the slide 7 .adjacent the house numbers is also calibrated and contains the numbers of streets which, in the city of New York, are crosstown streets intersecting the various avenues. Intermediate the ends of the slide the same is marked with an arrow 12, which is utilized in making various adjustments of the slide when determining the location of a house number of a particular avenue.

The utility and operation of the invention may be best explained by a concrete ex ample. Thus, should it be desired to determine the location of thep address 2046 Lexington Avenue with res t' to the crosstown street nearest said a dress, the slide 7 is moved in the groove until the arrow 12 iso osite the name Lexin on on the right side of said groove, as s ownin Figure l. The house number nearest the num-` ber 2046 is then located in the column of figures 11 on the left side of the ve 6. Said number is 2040 and it will found on the scale associated with the house numbers that the line designatin saidv number 2040 is in registration with t e line fon the crosstown street number scale to which the numeral 124 is applied. Thus, it is indicated that the number 2046 is near 124th Street on Lexington Avenue.

The opposite face of the body portlon shown in Figure 2, may be provided, 1f desired, with a map 13 of the city illustrating the various principal streets and transit routes. Said face may also be provided with a linear scale 14 along one longitudinal edge thereof.

In case the device is used as an advertising medium, the Whole or a part of the face of the body portion containing the map 13 may carry an advertisement.

The device may also be made in circular or tubular formation if` desired.

What is claimed is:

l. A new article of manufacture, including a body having indicia thereon designating the names of streets and the numbers of houses on said streets,'a scale on said body associated with said numbers, a slide movable with respect to said body and having designations thereon for other streets, a scale on said slide associated with said designations and with the first named scale, and means on said slide cooperating with said indicia and scales for determinin the location of a given house number wit respect to a certain one of said other streets.

2. A new article of manufacture, including a body having indicia thereon designating the names of streets and the numbers of houses on said streets, a scale on said body associated with said numbers, a slide movable with respect to said bod and having designations thereon for other streets which intersect the first named streets, a scale on said slide associated with said designations and the first named scale, and means on said slide coo rating with said indicia and scales for etermining the location of a given house number with respect to a certain one of said intersecting streets.

3. A new article of manufacture, including a body having indicia thereon designating the names of streets and the numbers of houses on said streets, a slide on said body having designations thereon for other streets, cooperating scales in association respectively with said house numbers and designations of other streets, and means on said slide cooperating with said indicia and scales for determimng the location of a street number with respect to a certain one of said other streets.

4. A new article of manufacture, including fixed and movable surfaces having indicia thereon designating the names of streets and the numbers of houses, and means on said surface for determining the location of a street and house number with respect to adjacent streets.

CLARENCE B. FOWLER. 

